Naked in the 21st Century [DVD]

It's ok, it sheds a light on how society has been conditioned to demonize nudity as something perverse while some see it for what it is....natural.

I have issues with what this movie is really about. My hunch is that the director, T.L. Young, wanted to squeeze the most money out of and promote the feature film he was making, "The Naked Place". And so he turned it into two films, the original and this one, a combination pseudo-documetary on the making of the first film and weak documentary on the history of nudism.(As an advance review of "The Naked Place", from the outtakes shown in this "documentary", the acting looks really bad and the plot weak so I'm not surprised T.L. was looking for ways to save his project. I also guess this movie was initially going to be dvd "extras" for the feature film, but if no one buys the first film...?)The "making of" aspect was a farce as you can tell the actors were, yes, acting (poorly) the roles of actors auditioning for, and then acting in, the film. An example of this is a scene with one of the main actresses and her boyfriend, both nude of course, at their home discussing whether or not she should audition for the film. Um, we're supposed to ignore the fact that this was allegedly BEFORE she decided to audition, and there is already a surreptitious cameraman in their living room that they somehow don't notice? More of the same type stuff follows with the auditions, etc.As far as the nudism history, there wasn't anything new brought up that anyone with a brain doesn't already know. It was mostly snippets of "nude news" type broadcasts and some brief glances of vintage nudist films (probably from T.L.'s personal collection). I do have to say that the naturist organizations mentioned might be worth looking in to for those wanting to pursue the lifestyle.Overall there were some nice looking nude actresses, so that's why I gave it 2 stars. But again, the acting is atrocious and the movie itself disjointed.

This was somewhat of an impulse buy for me, but I was surprised by some of the candid moments in this, some of which were pretty humorous. Also, some of the aspiring actresses, as well as hostess Christine Nguyen, are quite easy on the eyes, especially naked! Recommended.

A well presented real life documentary covering the theme well. Just enough nudity, well presented to keep it all on a high level.

More of an undergraduate film school project than anything, it lacked the storyline and quality acting to be a feature film. And definitely lacked the research, insight, and objectivity to be a true documentary. Just a film that was largely disappointing.

not bad

This was a little dull. It is a history about naturalism, but it does not have the History Channel quality for quality educational. I would not suggest anyone buy this.

Pretty lame video. Not much in it. Forget about it.The DVD was so bad it really isn't worth writing a review. Sorry. Buy at your own risk.